Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-06
A BAroH OF GUILTY BooDLERs.
EVery One of the Commissioner at
 Chicago Convicted.


 Chicago Convicted.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The great "boodlers'
 trial has been brought to 8 finish. The clos
 ing arguments for the prosecution were made
 to-day by MT. Grinnell, who pointed out that
 there had been no singling out by an indi-
 vldual defendant of an independent lawyer
 for an honest defense, but they had hired pool and were in court all with the same set
 of lawyers to stand or fall together. Those
 lawyers had characterized the States wit
 nesses as perjurers and thieves. To this he ! would only reply: "The defendants each and \ all of them have taken the stand and I say to you solemnly in the presence of my God, who is your God, each and all of them, by the record in this case, have committed arrant perjury in this case to save themselves from punishment. At the conclusion of
 his remarks 8 short recess was taken, after which Judge Jameson read his instructions. There was nothing in them that differed materially from those usually given in conspiracy cases. When the judge
 finished reading the case was at once given to the jury and at three o'clock they retired. | About nine o'clock information was received that the jury had reached conclusion. h. stantly the court room was in commotion while the people in the corridors and along the sidewalks were on the tip-toe of expecta- tion. The eleven defendants-some pale and | nervous, others swaggeringly deiant-step- | ped to their row of black chairs just as the | jurors entered. The loud buzz of excited | conversation stopped with startling sudden ness. All of the jury studiously avoided l looking in the direction of the accused l and the latter after an eager glance or two adopted similar tactics The faces of the talesmen were ominously grave. When the verdict was handed up and the clerk with trembling ! voice announced one after the other ot the entire eleven guilty the defendants seemed { rooted to their chairs, the very embodiments ! of despair. Then began the list of penalties: Commissioner McClaughey, two years" There was start of surprise among the spec \ tators. The extreme penalty of the law was \ three years and fine of $10,000. Nothing \ less had been expected by the great majority ' of those present. ssCommissioner Oechs two ! years" read on the clerk, and the defendants began to look up. Commissioners Leyden, Van Peet, Wren and Wasserman, Warden \ Varnell, all got two years and everyone ' looked unmeasurably relieved except Wren. ! He turned ashen and seemed utterly 1azed. The crowd was now prepared \ for any surprise and it came speedily in the statement Commissioners Mccarthy, Oliver, ! Jasselman and Cells. fine of $1,00O." A ook of unmistakable exultation took posses ion of the countenance of Buck MoCarthy. ! he burly commissioner, who had throughout he trial and for months previous been the ! most conspicuously attacked of all the crowd. ! The jury was boiled and immediately those I f the defendants who had escaped with I inc were released on bail. The others were l emanded to jail. A motion for new trial I or every one was quickly entered by the de- endants' attorney, Alexander Sullivan, and \ t hen the crowd melted away in wonder. 1l McGarisIe Now at St. Catherine's. CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-A dispatch to a local aper from St. Catherine's, Ont, says: , Your correspondent has again seen Mo Farigle and delivered him the telegrams eceived to his address. He is very hopeful ! f a account of the refusal of the Ontario ! t to entertain the Baxter warrant, \ c nd seems to think that attempted prosecu- h ons will soon be abandoned. There are so o amy repotts going over the wires as to Mo- 2 arigle's present whereabouts that wish to I = ate directly and unconditional1y that Nc b arig1e is in St. Catherine's and was seen and \ terviewed by the writer at 12:30 o'clock this I orning. When told that the city was full of electives hunting for him, he said: T ope they enjoy the search. I am beginning Il think it little funny myself that only swspaper reporters can find me. It has 1t zen a case all through of detectives follow I h g correspondence He is changing his ding place so often that it is almost inn ' W ,ssible to keep track of him. There is no ri 'e making an appointment: he. will not ,ep it. Hk most positively refufes to see a ,rson a second time, and if he does so it is 1 o' rough his friend St. John, and never in the ! le ace of the previous interview. Consider al g that there are some thirty detectiues and I te porters in the city, and that McGarigle
 two oi them all, it p ,es not speak very we'll TOT O. cir shrewdness. He will evidently rel H ain here until warrant for his arrest ir rives, of which he will be advised as soon l
 any one. and should it be forthcoming ' is doubtful if he will change this city ! " r another hiding place. It is the belief M your correspondent that there is not a ' n, ,tective force in the United States that can l &, Id him except by the search warrant sys- in m. McGaringle is busy tonight writing tiers to his friends in Chicago, with whom is now in communication. He is practi- lily the guest of Fred St. John, who seems ! VI have taken legal advice and makes no ex- tt se for providing the fugitive with shelter" 'l